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  2. Heroine's Quest - Wikipedia

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    The game continued to publish new releases for a decade, [1] although only 2 of the releases were detailed: [2] The game was originally released at the end of 2013; v1.1 and v1.2 came out in early 2014; v1.2.3 came out at the end of 2016 (including a Russian language translation)

  3. Arcadian Cults of the Mistresses - Wikipedia

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    [3] As a result of the encounter above, the Arcadian cults believed that Demeter gave birth to a second daughter, and a son: Arion (Ancient Greek: Ἀρίων), a divine horse, and Despoina (Ancient Greek: Δεσποινη), whose name means “the Mistress”. Although the veneration of Demeter is clearly attestable throughout Arcadia ...

  4. Persephone in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Persephone, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter in Greek mythology, appears in films, works of literature, and in popular culture, both as a goddess character and through the symbolic use of her name. She becomes the queen of the underworld through her abduction by Hades , the god of the underworld. [ 1 ]

  5. Demophon (son of Celeus) - Wikipedia

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    As a gift to Celeus, because of his hospitality, Demeter planned to make Demophon a god by anointing and coating him with ambrosia, breathing gently upon him while holding him in her arms and bosom, and making him immortal by burning his mortal spirit away in the family's hearth every night. She put him in the fire at night like a firebrand or ...

  6. Despoina - Wikipedia

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    Despoina or Despoena (/ d ɛ s ˈ p iː n ə /; [1] Greek: Δέσποινα, romanized: Déspoina) was the epithet of a goddess worshipped by the Eleusinian Mysteries in Ancient Greece as the daughter of Demeter and Poseidon and the sister of Arion. [2]

  7. Ascalaphus (son of Acheron) - Wikipedia

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    According to another myth, Persephone herself changed him into an eagle owl by sprinkling him with water of the river Phlegethon. [3] Ovid mentions: "So he became the vilest bird; a messenger of grief; the lazy owl; sad omen to mankind." [4] As an owl, he became the familiar bird of Hades, god of the underworld.

  8. Arion (horse) - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Arion or Areion (/ ə ˈ r aɪ. ə n /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἀρίων, Ἀρείων), is a divinely-bred, fabulously fast, black-maned horse. He saved the life of Adrastus, king of Argos, during the war of the Seven against Thebes. [2] Arion was (by most accounts) the offspring of Poseidon and Demeter. [3]

  9. Triptolemus - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Triptolemus is credited with being the first to sow seed for cultivation [3] after being taught by Demeter and is credited for the use of oxen and the plough. [4] Xenophon claims that Peloponnesus was the first place Triptolemus shared Demeter's agricultural gift [ 5 ] while Pausanias claims the Rharium plane near Eleusis was the first ...